The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08

Statement at the Close of the Fiscal Year
A Large Reduction-silver Coinage
Amount Paid I'm Pensions.
WAsHINGToN, July 2.-The following is /
Of the debt statement issued /
yesterday:
Interest bearing debt
Bonds at AZ per cent. &ooOOOOog-Oo
Bonds at per cent ......-...-.. tot'oooM'oSO'OO M
Bonds at per cent ...... ........ lo,tlO'oOO-VO
Refunding certificates at per
cent. ......-.....-....-.- laDr-DoOs
Navy pension fund at per cent 14OOo'VOOVo
Pacific railroad bonds at per
cent f71O~''"A~s'S
Interest bearing debt, principal 81 Os6 80 s6S 90
Interest. t......... .............. 1881, COS IS
Total 81, ,O98, ,667, Is
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity
Interest. 19O,76s.s7
Total ........s 6,sU5,s19.1s
Debt bearing no interest
Old demand and legal tender -...,. -
notes.. .....-........ s......... 54o' ooiA4o'Oo
Certificates Of deposit. t..'...-..... S11O'OOO.U0
Gold certificates. ................. 9l,S2o,4 ,45t.OO
Silver certificates es-.............- l4S, As,OlfOO
Fractional currency less S8,5I5-
934 estimated as lost or de
stroyed- ed-..........-.......-..... oS4o'So49t
Principal. 595, ,7a8,5 ,5e487
Total debt-Principal 8, ,688, ,229, ,591 90
Interest. -. I<'o4s'oo''O0
Total. 8, zoe, ri, ,94s.es
Less cash items available for re-
duction of fdebt.......-.....--.s 2SO, 4S9 %
Less reserve held for redemption
of U. S. notes s.................. iOO,OOO'OoO.oO
8 $50, 480, $40. 50
IGsa4 teens ueD' 'e.s s'''.-'. ,aao 2s 1O6 80
Net cash in treasury. ...........- 4OooS'5oSSo
Debt less cash in Treasury July -
/, 1887 lsStS4So' tol.V~
Debt less cash in treasury June
!, 1887 .-....s. A%So'SoA'7OS'A0
Decrease of debt during the
| month. 4osoo<' t~So'A .
Decrease of debt since June 10,
1886 .............-..... lOS't II ooo.oo
| Cash in the treasury available
for reduction of the debt
| Gold held for gold certificates &C
| tualy outstanding ..............S 9l,22o, 45f.oO
9ir9T actpaIy 19,u outstanding u1s slnSGT 11so7
United States notes held for GER
tifcates of deposit actually
outstanding ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o'HU'VOoV1
0aSt nterest nslH unpaid ID5 Hf'...io 1857 81
Cash held for bonds called not
matured and balance of interest l9165OO.OO
Fractional currency .............. 2,a66O1
Total available for reduction of
the debt. &SO AS5,ofS.5e
Reserve fund
Held for redemption Of United
States notes, acts January IA,
1873, and July u, 1882. 2........... 1OO,OOOOOO.O
Unavailable for the reduction OF
the debt
Fractional silver coin ........... 26,977, ,498 z
Minor coin. ......,...-.....-+.-.-. lio'oVof
27O94, 1925
Certificates held as cash.. 80, ,996,5180
Net cash balance on hand 4O'e05'S69'z
1
f Total cash in the Treasury
e shown by the Treasurer 5 gen
eral account 8 4s2 4s3, ,9i7 2
: During the fiscal year just ended tn
: | principal of the bonded debt of the Unite
. States decreased 1927, ,911, OBJ, the amount c
> the accrued but unpaid interest on sue
r debt decreased $5OS, ,911. The decrease
certificates of deposit amounted to ~, 4SU
!, 600 and in demand notes and fractlonai cul
! | rency to IS, ,43S. During the same perio
I there was an increase of $69, 1872, ,S54 in gol
. and silver certificates, and an increase {
n $40. .949, ,854 in the cash in the treasury, shoy
a ing a net increase in the public debt dur IN
? the year of $1O9, 7O7, ,646.
o. During the month of June the circulatio
e of standard silver dollars increased $S4, d
Is and the holdings of the treasury increase
If S2O7. 1896. The increase of silver circulate
A. during the year was 81, 1886, 600, and the
crease in the gold holdings during the san
H. time was S27, GAG, 600.
10 The coinage of the mints during june a
i99 gregated 81, ,337, SOP, of which 81, $4,000 WI
1e in standard dollars.
fh PENSIONS.
in WASHINGTON, July 2.-Seventy-four m
In hon dollars were paid in pensions durlT
II the fiscal year ended yesterday. The nul
ell ber of pension claims allowed during t
d. year was 112, 340 more than any year sin
be the war, excepting 1866, when the applica
er simply had to pr esent evidence of his d
N ability and proof of his service in the arr
ne or navy During the last fiscal year 1861
he claims for pensions were received at
et- Pension ONCE; of this number 49, we
III allowed. There were 55, 1874 original clail
re allowed, exceeding last years work
re. 5117 Some idea of the work of the bure'
raj can be formed when it is kno'
IRE that during the fiscal year, 2,234,a
,er letters were received and l, 1,792,O52 sent
nd reply. The cost of the postage alone
me these letters, calculating upon basis
RI two cents for each letter, was SSO,527.
he The average force employed in the OF
as per month, was /, $50. The really availat
a working force was /, 40 clerks for the yel
the the smallest that has been employed IN
871 oface since 1888. Certificates were issU
to as follows: Originals, So, 1874; increase,
10Y: reissues, 7,541; restorations, ~
ate duplicates, 70S; accrued, 2,O39; arrears,
sh- under act of March 8, 1888, al; act of Al
the 30, 1884, 407; act of March 3, 1883, y; aci
,an October z, 1885, 33S; act of August 4, IL
ers 179; supplemental act, same date, u
of Total, 112, ,34O
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